Cassandra Rules | The Free Thought Project

“You probably have over 700, 800 pounds of police force there, and there’s a 60-year-old man there that probably weighs a buck-fifty, and you’ve got to pull the taser out to take him down? I just don’t think it was right”

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The Lakeside Police Department in Colorado is facing scrutiny and backlash after a video of three officers man handling and tasing a 60 year old alleged shop lifter was uploaded online.
The incident took place on Friday, after the suspect had fled a Walmart he is accused of stealing from and hid behind a dumpster across the

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Thousands gathered at SLU to protest killings by police. The Free Thought Project’s Cassandra Rules, recounts the events of Sunday night’s massive protest during the ‘Weekend of Resistance’ in St. Louis.
St Louis, MO — On Sunday’s action for the Ferguson October Weekend of Resistance, demonstrators

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Its not just dogs and the unarmed who make officers “fear for their lives,” another innocent victim has been shot by police; this time it was a cat.
After calling for backup because he believed the animal may be rabid, Gorham Police Department Lt. Christopher Sanborn opened fire on the cat- who is described as “a